Posted by Lieutenant Faye Calloway (Mission Specialist) in Side Sim: It’s Been a While, But…

Posted by James Sinclair in Side Sim: It’s Been a While, But…

Posted by Lieutenant Faye Calloway (Mission Specialist) in Side Sim: It’s Been a While, But…
The sleep aide had helped. It had been more than a cat nap and in fact she had managed a few hours of sleep before her mind had drifted into the bizarre place that was her subconscious. And it was there that sleep became a dangerous thing.

This time there was no one to wake her from her night terror.

Throwing a light grey oversized knit sweater over the form fitting black garment, Faye padded out into her living room. “Computer, time?”

=/\=The time is 0207 hours.=/\=

“Great,” she muttered. Going back to sleep was unlikely, and it was too early to call the counsellor as the captan had instructed.

But then a beep at her computer told her there was an incoming call. Frowning, Faye moved over to her desk and sat down, her brows lifting as she saw it was coming from the USS Athena. That was odd. She didn’t know anyone there. And it was rather a coincidence that she was even in her quarters. For all this person knew, she was still in the brig under charges and the call would have gone unanswered. Despite looking exhausted and very much like she had been through the ringer, Faye reached out and opened the call, her curiosity once again getting the better of her.

~Faye Calloway, Data Specialist

As the screen came to life Hammor saw Faye for the first time in many months, and for a minute he froze before he stammered “Fa- er, Lieutenant Calloway? I don’t know if you remember me… Daggum Hammor? I was on the Manhattan? We arrived pretty close to the same time? I was the new Ops Chief and you had just come on to install the new comms relay. Which… uh… I guess was successful.. since… we’re uh… talking… now… and everything.”

Her stormy grey-green eyes widened. Of all the people in the galaxy, he was about the last one she expected to call her. Actually, no, that wasn’t ture. But this was certainly unexpected.

His brain screamed at him to relax and he took a deep breath and calmed himself a bit. “I hope I didn’t wake you. I had no way of knowing what your ship’s time was at the moment…”

Hammor, COO, USS Athena

Faye shook her head. =/\=You didn’t wake me,=/\= she said softly. =/\=It’s oh-two-hundred here, but I couldn’t sleep.=/\= Resting an arm on the edge of her desk, she gazed at the Orion with something of a mystified expression. She had had many tests in those first few days and it had been surprisingly easy to spend time with Daggum. Which he surely understood after they had realized they shared a similar traumatic experience. Her and Orions generally didn’t mix, and yet she had enjoyed every minute she had spent with him those first days as they settled into the ship. And Faye had been far more social than her record would have suggested. But there had been reasons for that beyond a surprising comfort with the man.

Which brought her immediately back to her current predicament. =/\=And of course I remember you. You’re rather hard to forget,=/\= she said, feeling her eyes well with tears. Turning her head to the side, Faye bent her arm and cupped her chin in her hand, clamping her fingers over her mouth to stifle the unexpected sob that tried to escape.

Lowering her hand, she had managed to regain some composure and gazed at him apologetically. =/\=I’m sorry. It’s just been a really… rough… =/\= She trailed off and shook her head, casting her gaze elsewhere.

~Faye Calloway, Data Specialist

Hammor became acutely aware of the state Faye was in and his face softened and his voice concerned. =/\= Lieu… Faye… what’s wrong? Are you all right? If you want me to let you go, I can try to call another time. I don’t mind. I just… well… I’ve really missed talking to you.=/\= and he paused and looked at her intently. The tears… the fatigue… the visible strain. Something was wrong. But he simply said =/\= Actually… I’ve really missed you; but again, I can call back if you want. =/\=

Hammor, COO, USS Athena